The UAE Central Bank reduced banking sector liquidity for a second consecutive month in August, a move analysts believe signifies an easing of pressure on lenders.

The central bank removed Dh3.1 billion of excess liquidity from the banking system in August, taking the total withdrawals to Dh11.3bn in two months, WAM, the UAE's official news agency reported on Sunday. The bank has pumped Dh31.6bn into the banking system since the beginning of the year.

NMC Health, the UAE-based healthcare operator, has announced that it has received all regulatory approvals for new medical facilities in Saudi Arabia as part of a major expansion into the Gulf kingdom.

The Chronic Care Specialty Medical Centre (CCSMC) in Jeddah is believed to be one of the first greenfield medical facilities in Saudi Arabia to be established by a non-Saudi company.

The 220-bed long-term care facility will launch operations with 50 beds with a phased ramp up planned so the hospital will be at full capacity during the first half of 2019.

Prasanth Manghat, CEO of NMC Health, said: “As one of the first foreign entrants into the Saudi healthcare sector, we have learned"...

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Costa Coffee has successfully tested its drone delivery service in Dubai.

Following a survey that showed 82 percent of its UAE customers would like to receive drinks or beverages using the technology, the London-based brand undertook a one-day trial of its ‘coffee-copter’ in its Jumeirah Beach Road drive thru store.

Orders were made by phone and delivered to beach-goers with 15 minutes, according to the coffeehouse company.

The Dubai Supreme Council of Energy on Monday announced its Annual Report for 2016 which showed that Dubai saved about seven per cent of electricity and over three per cent of water during the year.

The meeting was headed by Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, with Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Vice Chairman of Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, also present.

In addition, the report showed that the emirate saved 2.8 TWh of electricity and 3.7 billion gallons of desalinated water per year.

The Lifestyle Expo in Dubai is being held to foster business collaboration between Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and the UAE as well as the rest of the Middle East-Africa, MEA, region, helping companies seize the enormous business opportunities emerging from China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Expo 2020 Dubai.

Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, HKTDC, and the Trade Development Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China, the fifth edition of the Lifestyle Expo opened today at the Hyatt Regency Dubai.

The UAE has announced that it will 'definitely' operate its first of four nuclear reactors in 2018.

'We can say that next year is definitely going to be the year for opening the first nuclear reactor, we are trying to do it as fast as possible, but at the same time we have to be 100 per cent safe, 100 per cent in accordance with all the regulators.'

During a press conference held on Monday morning in the UAE Capital, Suhail Al-Mazroui, the Minister of Energy, told reporters that the four reactors, will supply 24-25 per cent of UAE's electricity.